By Sylva OBASI Nigeria’s maritime sector, the gateway through which over 80 per cent of the nation’s international trade flows, is undergoing a sweeping transformation, which is being midwifed by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho. PLATFORM REPORTERS learnt that anchored on port modernisation, digital trade facilitation and institutional reform,…
By Sylva OBASI The Director of the Nigeria National Single Window Project, Tola Fakolade, has clarified that the platform will not replace any government agency involved in trade facilitation but will instead integrate their processes to eliminate duplication and improve efficiency. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the system is designed to ensure that once a release…
By Sylva OBASI Expectations surrounding Nigeria’s long-awaited National Single Window (NSW) project have been tempered by a maritime policy expert who insists that technology alone cannot fix systemic inefficiencies at the nation’s ports. Speaking at a roundtable convened by the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria in Apapa, Lagos, Dr. Segun Alade Musa delivered a blunt…
